If the poor, for example, because they are more in number, divide among themselves the property of the rich,- is not this unjust? . . this law of confiscation clearly cannot be just.
AristotleWhat is common to many is least taken care of, for all men have greater regard for what is their own than what they possess in common with others.
AristotleVirtue is the golden mean between two vices, the one of excess and the other of deficiency.
AristotleAnger is always concerned with individuals, ... whereas hatred is directed also against classes: we all hate any thief and any informer. Moreover, anger can be cured by time; but hatred cannot. The one aims at giving pain to its object, the other at doing him harm; the angry man wants his victim to feel; the hater does not mind whether they feel or not.
Aristotle